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noun

any piece of sculpture reproduced in plaster of Paris.

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Origin of plaster cast

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby plaster cast

Plassey, -plast, plaster, plaster bandage, plasterboard, plaster cast, plastered, plastering, plaster of Paris, plasterwork, plastic

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How to use plaster cast in a sentence

Some of the most haunting relics of history are the plaster casts made of the people of Pompeii, Italy, who died during the massive eruption of Mount Vesuvius in CE 79 and left behind hollows in the solidified ash.
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Obviously, not all the original cast can come back or even have the desire.
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As the months passed and she began to cast the film, I became increasingly excited.
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It cast this pall over the movie, which was one of my favorites of last year.
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Preheat oven to 375°F. Heat the vegetable oil in a large, high-sided cast iron skillet.
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He cast her as Hope, an ex-addict with an impressive pair of fake chompers—the result of years of drug abuse.
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They are so rich in harmony, so weird, so wild, that when you hear them you are like a sea-weed cast upon the bosom of the ocean.
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The motherly woman received the babe instinctively and cast aside the travelling-rug in which he was enveloped.
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Now, the whole Northwest groaned beneath a cast-iron prohibition law at that time, and for some years thereafter.
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Mrs. Newbolt was looking away toward the hills, a dreamy cast in her placid face.
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He was cast down to think that he might have spared himself the trouble of donning his beautiful yellow doublet from Paris.
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British Dictionary definitions for plaster cast

plaster cast

noun

surgery a cast made of plaster of ParisSee cast (def. 40)

a copy or mould of a sculpture or other object cast in plaster of Paris

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